Couple-is-fined-for-e-cycling-in-home.html - Page 2

Originally Posted by scrapperben

no doubt they would of been crushing and burying, the fine should of been more, like an extra zero.

but roundup? think people that use roundup should be shot too, what's wrong with pulling up a weed?
or what about pouring boiling water on it?
roundup is for losers, scum of the world are people that use it infact, aswell as monsanto who make it and cover up the truth about it.

To each their own but I would reserve titles such as "scum of the world" for vices other than spraying a weed.

Gee just thought people would want to be more cognizant about their practices. Never thought it would be such a lively discussion.

waiting to see how this one is going to play out, the soil samples wont lie

Yeah, In NC if you receive any government funding, even one penny, you have to use an R2 or E-steward approved recycler.

there have been several threads discussing business liability and requirements for a business. the general consensus of the forum and the majority of its members is that the laws and licensing requirements do not apply to them or to their 'scrapping' business. one of the ecyclers recently received a 5 year prison sentence for improperly disposing of crt's. courtesy of the state of mizzery. oregon, califorinia and arizona are even more stringent.

there will continue to be an increase in regulations, licensing and compliance. the states are broke. this business can used to generate revenue thru the licensing and collection of taxes. an increase in compliance will decrease the cost to the public of clean up from illegal waste disposal.

i expect to see federal regulations mandated to the states, within the next 5 years, that will completely change how this business operates and who will be allowed to operate. 95% of those currently ecycling will not be doing that in the near future. the feds are advocating a bond requirement. along with insurance, several epa licenses, minimum building size and storage requirements.

this particular subject should have been one of the first to be pinned to the top of the page.

How come its perfectly fine to landfill all of these monitors but it is illegal for us to process them for recycling? Think of all the electronics with mercury lead ect that get landfilled each year. I think the laws are wrong but thats just my 2 cents.

they must be doing something on a larger scale than what I do. because, whats the difference if I set a monitor out at my trash for pickup fully stripped vs. if I left all the stuff inside of it? Im not busting the glass so there is no law I'm breaking there IMO. folks throw tv's and monitors out all day long everywhere and thats not illegal so they must have been doing something to harm the environment.

I cant access the story to read all the details so I'm going on what I can see - that they were fined for improper disposal?

Originally Posted by newattitude

I cant access the story to read all the details so I'm going on what I can see - that they were fined for improper disposal?

The investigation began in 2009 when the state of Missouri found the couple had six pallets of CRTs and improper storage of CRTs on their property. State made a follow-up visit within the next few weeks and the pallets were gone. The state also found broken CRT glass on the grounds. They were given a deadline of Feb 2010 to account for the proper disposal of the CRTs. They could not do so, and so in May 2010 the case was turned over to the state attorney general to compel them to account for the CRTs, stop processing any more CRTs, and pay a fine. In early September the Missouri AG announced that he obtained a judgement against them, $20,000. fine and they must not break any more environmental laws.

Technically, they were fined for violating hazmat laws via improper storage and improper disposal, although (as far as I can tell) the state has not announced how the Coffmans disposed of the CRTs.

An observation, not sure about this, but....cannot find that the AG ever said they had to stop their business, just implied that they had to follow all rules & regs.

They very well may have complied with the first complaint to the best of their abilities by loading them up and taken them in for legitimate recycling and had broken a single monitor and had missed cleaning up ALL the bits from it. (Not saying that is what happened, but it could have.) If they failed to document the proper disposal they would have no evidence to produce at any future hearing. Once compelled to produce evidence, they have to. Simply ignoring it gets the judgement against them as though they were in fact guilty of what they were accused of, the Judge has no choice.

Jerimiah makes a good point about documenting your loads. Better to have it and never need it than needing it and not having it. And yeah, the soil samples will tell the tale.

Thanks volvo.

So, what then is the proper way to store CRT's would be my next question? Is it because they had them stacked outside of their house? What are the laws on this does anyone know?

billygoat, I totally understand that point but... if it were illegal to put them in the landfills wouldn't the trash haulers know not to even pick them up in the first place? Not everyone knows or is going to check those kinds of facts out so the next level of compliance would be the trash guys and gals no?

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/regs/3225.docx

Originally Posted by scrapperben

no doubt they would of been crushing and burying, the fine should of been more, like an extra zero.

but roundup? think people that use roundup should be shot too, what's wrong with pulling up a weed?
or what about pouring boiling water on it?
roundup is for losers, scum of the world are people that use it infact, aswell as monsanto who make it and cover up the truth about it.

Or, ya know, maybe round up is just fine for a 62 year old Vietnam Vet that has severe back problems and can't bend over to "pull up a weed".

I don't think my old man is a loser, or scum. Just sayin'.

Here in kansas city the major landfill is 500 feet from the river and its 1/2 mile upstream from the main city drinking water intake. I see people put out electronics in with there trash every week and it always gets picked up. Im just making the point that the liners they put in landfills do not 100% contain what goes into the landfills and that the liner will not last forever. Theres no escrap recycling centers here where people can drop off escrap for free. If somone would setup shop here in kansas city they would make a killing. I put adds out on cl and get about 10 emails a day from people that have escrap to unload, can pretty well take my pick.

Just like my city jghilino; the landfill sits right on top of, and upstream of our intake. Makes you wonder if they even want to test for fear what they may find. Never mind the 'grandfathered' sites along the river that have spewed god-knows-what for generations that would never pass the permitting stage if they tried to set up shop today.